自1940年起,医学的各个领域都发生了重大改变。然而,分娩疼痛的控制进展并不大。多年来,分娩病房都是采用阶梯式疼痛干预:氧气和一氧化二氮合剂;哌替啶注射(有恶心、呕吐等明显的副作用);下半身硬膜外麻醉(会使孕妇活动受限)。但是这种干预措施将被颠覆。去年,南澳洲大学产科学者朱莉·弗利特(Julie Fleet)的团队开展了一项对比哌替啶以及吸入式芬太尼的随 Since 1940, major changes have taken place in all areas of medicine. However, the control of childbirth pain is not much progress. Over the years, childbirth wards are using stepped pain interventions: oxygen and nitrous oxide; meperidine injection (nausea, vomiting and other obvious side effects); lower body epidural anesthesia (will limit the activity of pregnant women). But such interventions will be subverted. Last year, a team of South Australian university obstetrician Julie Fleet conducted a study comparing pethidine with inhaled fentanyl